I focus on the viewpoint character's fears and attempts to prepare themselves. Even experienced fighters will be worried, and I usually write everyman characters who don't feel good about combat.
Here's Gallara in chapter 1 of Prophecy #71.

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Bookmark resting atop a brown wooden stool surrounded by darkness, reading, "Abraham got punked."

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